Does Nintendo Lead to Atheism?

   My original Nintendo Entertainment System, purchased circa 1989, still works over 20 years later. Conversely, my wife and I have had to send in our Xbox 360 once so far due to a red ring of death (i.e. system failure), my 1999 Ford Ranger needs about $1,000 worth of work, and just today the windshield wipers decided to stop working, my wife has had to replace her iPod twice, and we don't have a cure for the common cold.

   When a Nintendo game didn't work, you took it out, and blew into it, or at worst, used a Q-tip to swab out the dust. And it worked nearly every time. Every game I owned back then still works today. When a car part stops working, you have to take it into the shop, and pay generally large amounts of money for time consuming work. When a body part stops working, you go to the doctor, or the hospital, and it's the same situation.

   What's my point? We were given the knowledge to create a Nintendo Entertainment System that could be fixed; cured, if you will, simply by blowing into it, yet we can't figure out how to cure cancer. Why not give those responsible for creating and building the NES the knowledge to be doctors instead? Imagine blowing into an incision, and instantly curing all illness. Serious illness? Grab a cotton swab. Mario would still exist. We'd still have our 8-bit video game system, but maybe it wouldn't work quite so well. Maybe it would break down every now and then, like the modern systems are wont to do. I think that'd be a fair trade off for affordable health care.

  I'm not suggesting that the existence of the NES disproves the existence of God. But certainly it raises questions. Also, what kind of God would allow the creation of games like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde? Then again, we were given games like Legend of Zelda, Super Mario Brothers 3, Mike Tyson' Punch-Out, Contra, Mega Man 2, etc. So, maybe God gave us the knowledge to create the NES so we would learn to appreciate the little things in life down the line. In a world with controllers featuring upwards of 10 different buttons, the controller featuring 4 prevails. We wanted more, more, more, and were given systems, games and accessories that aren't worth their weight in cardboard these days. The Powerglove, the Sega CD add-on, the Sega 32X add-on, the Nintendo Gamecube, the Sega Gamegear, the Super Game Boy... All failed experiments in technology, all abominations of mankind, and all sins against God. Then again, those systems/accessories didn't sell well, and eventually, we were rewarded with the Playstation 2 and Xbox 360, even though the Xbox 360 gets red rings of death, and the Playstation 2 was relatively quickly replaced by the Playstation 3... which requires even more expensive technology in order to be used to its full potential... False idols? Well, not until the next big video game systems come along...